Hughes leads dad Hannon to Ascot double June 15, 2010 JOCKEY Richard Hughes was the toast of Royal Ascot after leading Canford Cliffs to victory in the big race of the day, the St James’s Palace Stakes, on his way to an opening day double. The Richard Hannon-trained three-year-old had been beaten by stablemate Dick Turpin in their two previous encounters, but gained sweet revenge [...]
Stunned Brazil break Korean resolve June 15, 2010 BRAZIL (2) vs NORTH KOREA (1) THEY may be in the so-called ‘Group of Death’, but North Korea are far from dead yet as they gave five-time winners Brazil the fright of their lives in Johannesburg last night. The Koreans defended resiliently to keep their goal in check at the break, only for the top [...]
Sven defends Ivorian bore draw June 15, 2010 IVORY COAST (0) vs PORTUGAL (0) IVORY COAST coach Sven-Goran Eriksson believes both sides would have been happy with yesterday’s bore draw in Port Elizabeth – as neither team wanted to lose. With Brazil red-hot favourites to top Group G, both were desperate to avoid defeat, culminating in a dour stalemate. Cristiano Ronaldo came closest [...]
Flustered Fabio has much to ponder June 15, 2010 IN an ideal world, Robert Green will have held onto Landon Donovan’s tame effort, Emile Heskey would have scored from his one-on-one, England would have beaten the USA 2-0, and we’d all be merrily dancing our way to Cape Town for the Algeria game, dreaming of World Cup glory. But those fine lines in football [...]
Barkley kicks England to first tour win June 15, 2010 AUST. BARBARIANS (9) vs ENGLAND (15) OLLY BARKLEY kicked over two late penalties to help England’s second string secure a first win of their tour Down Under. The Bath fly-half sealed an unconvincing win for the tourists after three Berrick Barnes kicks had overturned Charlie Hodgson’s pair of penalties early on. But despite the result, [...]
Shahzad handed one-day call June 15, 2010 PACE bowler Ajmal Shahzad has been handed an England lifeline after being drafted into the one-day squad for the forthcoming series with Australia. The Yorkshire seamer was a surprise omission from the original 13-man squad selected last week, but gets his chance after Ryan Sidebottom suffered a minor hamstring strain. Shahzad, 24, was hoping to [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 15, 2010 Teen Watson stuns Wozniak TENNIS: British teenager Heather Watson claimed the biggest scalp of her fledgling career after beating world No48 Aleksandra Wozniak at the Aegon Championships in Eastbourne. Watson, 18, a wildcard entry at Wimbledon, came through 6-3, 6-2 to secure a first WTP Tour win of her career. It capped a good day [...]
Cecil eyes success Twice Over June 15, 2010 WHEN Desert Orchid’s trainer David Elsworth says a horse is Class with a capital C, I sit up and take notice. This is what he said after Swiss Dream won her maiden at Newmarket and she runs in today’s Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was arguably unlucky not to win on her debut [...]
FOOTBALL TRADER June 15, 2010 SPAIN are seen by many as the likeliest winners of the World Cup and they will be confident of registering an opening victory against Switzerland. The Swiss made it to the second round in 2006, losing 3-0 in a penalty shootout against Ukraine after a goalless 120 minutes. In fact, that year they became the [...]
Byword to maintain France’s strong record in the Prince of Wales’ Stakes June 15, 2010 FRENCH trained horses have won two of the last three renewals of the Prince of Wales’ Stakes (3.50pm), the feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot, and BYWORD can maintain their hot streak. Andre Fabre landed this race back in 2007 with Manduro and has a brilliant record with the handful of horses [...]